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Author Biography

Griet Vankeerberghen is Assistant Professor in the History Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

viii

Introduction

1

(6)

Introduction to Part 1

7

(72)

Conflicting Views of Morality

9

(28)

The Intellectual Climate at the Beginning of Emperor Wu's Reign

9

(2)

The King of Huainan's Place in the Intellectual Scene

11

(2)

Moral Conflict

13

(14)

Gongsun Hong, Zhang Tang, and Events in Huainan after 124 B.C.

27

(6)

Contemporaries' Reactions to the Huainan Trial

33

(2)

Terror after 122 B.C.

35

(2)

The Triangle of Power: Emperor, Kings, and Officials

37

(26)

The Kings: A Political History

37

(2)

The Kings: An Alternative History

39

(10)

Relations between Emperor Wu and the King of Huainan before 123 B.C.

49

(6)

The Events of 223-122 B.C. Revisited

55

(5)

Conclusion

60

(3)

The Official Representation of the 123-122 B.C. Events

63

(16)

Cycles in Emperor Wu's Reign: The Capture of the Unicorn

63

(2)

The Transition from ``Old'' to ``New''

65

(2)

Liu An's Biography in Shi ji and Han shu

67

(12)

Introduction to Part 2

79

(68)

The Goals of Human Action

83

(18)

The Archer

83

(3)

Adjusting the Scale

86

(9)

Roots and Branches

95

(2)

Wuwei

97

(4)

Following Nature

101

(26)

On Xing

101

(4)

Sages and Nonsages

105

(6)

Humans' Transforming Power

111

(4)

The Virtues

115

(2)

Who Should Become a Sage?

117

(1)

The Huainanzi and Dong Zhongshu's Memorials

118

(9)

Evaluating the Sage: Fate, History, and Human Responsibility

127

(20)

The First Model: ``Heaven Has No Favorites''

127

(8)

The Second Model: The Case of Bo Yi

135

(6)

Conclusion: Evaluations of Liu An and the Huainanzi

141

(6)

Table 1. Chronology of Main Events in the Life of Liu An

147

(2)

Table 2. The Liu Kings, 202-120 B.C.

149

(4)

Appendix 1. A Comparison of Liu An's Biographies in Shi ji 118 and Han shu 44 with a Proposed Reconstruction of Two Layers of Text